Staff Reporter
Peshawar
To counter the exponential growth of autistic children and providing them a professional therapeutically services, an Autism unit has been inaugurated here at Department of Psychology, University of Peshawar. The center was inaugurated by Prof Dr Muhammad Abid, Vice Chancellor, University of Peshawar.
A free psychological services camp comprising beautifully decorated stalls to explain the mental diseases including autism, trauma, speech and language disorder, anxiety disorder and positive psychology was also organized by the Department of Psychology.
Chief Guest of the event Prof Dr Muhammad Abid visited all the stalls and briefed by professional therapists and psychologists on multiple psychological diseases. It is worth mentioning that the University of Peshawar is the only Public Sector University in Pakistan which holds an Autism Unit.
Prof Dr Irum Irshad, Chairperson Department of Psychology said and added this Unit will play a significant role by providing a combination of therapies which will help in enhancement of social, learning and behavioral skills required for rehabilitation of autistic children.
Talking to media, Dr Irum Irshad said that Department of Psychology provides psycho therapeutic services to students, faculty.
